First Time! The Count Meets the Duke is an album by American pianists, composers and bandleaders Duke Ellington and Count Basie with their combined Orchestras recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1961. On stereo releases of the album, Basie's band is featured on the left channel and Ellington's on the right. Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "a very successful and surprisingly uncrowded encounter. On most selections Ellington and Basie both play piano (their interaction with each other is wonderful) and the arrangements allowed the stars from both bands to take turns soloing". Track listing All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated "Battle Royal" - 5:33 "To You" (Thad Jones) - 3:53 "Take the "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:46 "Corner Pocket" [a.k.a. "Until I Met You"] (Freddie Green, Donald Wolf) - 4:53 "Wild Man" [a.k.a. "Wild Man Moore"] - 6:20 "Segue in C" (Frank Wess) - 8:22 "B D B" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:43 "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie) - 3:09 1999 CD Reissue Bonus Tracks "One More Once" - 3:25 "Take the "A" Train" [alternate take] (Strayhorn) - 5:50 "Jumpin' at the Woodside" [alternate take] (Basie) - 3:14 "B D B" [alternate take] (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:30 "Blues in Hoss' Flat" (Basie, Frank Foster) - 3:13 "Wild Man" [alternate take] - 5:55 "Battle Royal" [alternate take] - 6:32 Recorded at 30th Street Studio, New York on July 6, 1961 Personnel Duke Ellington, Count Basie – piano Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Eddie Mullens, Ray Nance, Sonny Cohn, Lennie Johnson, Thad Jones, Snooky Young - trumpet Lou Blackburn, Lawrence Brown, Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell - trombone Juan Tizol - valve trombone and tambourine on Wild Man Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone Russell Procope, Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet Frank Wess - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute Paul Gonsalves, Frank Foster, Budd Johnson - tenor saxophone Harry Carney, Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone Freddie Green - guitar Aaron Bell, Eddie Jones - bass Sam Woodyard, Sonny Payne - drums References Columbia Records albums Duke Ellington albums Count Basie Orchestra albums 1961 albums Albums recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio Collaborative albums